The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has raised the alarm on the high cases of maternal and infants' mortality, lamenting that the trend has contributed largely to ...

Participants at a stakeholders' workshop on National Gender Policy on Education in Bauchi State have drafted decisions for adaptation, law enactment and implementation in the state educational ...

A former minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili and the minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, have disagreed on the state of Nigeria's economy.

Anti-kidnapping operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have busted a kidnapping ring and arrested two suspects in connection with a recent foiled kidnapping attempt in the Eket local ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented the certificate of return to the member-elect of the Zamfara State House of Assembly for Kaura-Namoda South Constituency, Kamilu ...

The member representing Ikwo/Ezza South federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinedu Oga, has condemned the inhumane treatment of a commercial bus driver by officials of the ...

Since 1986, when Rosemary Shenda Masanja first felt her eyelashes painfully scraping her eyes, she suffered in silence and pushed through her pain out of necessity. Masanja recalls first noticing the ...

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Rwandan citizens returning from DR Congo said that members of the FDLR, a militia founded by perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, had prevented their return for years.

President Museveni has called on Ugandans to protect the country's economic gains as Uganda continues its journey toward high middle-income status.

President Paul Kagame has emphasised the importance of self-reliance and national dignity, reminding Rwandans that while support from others can be valuable, it must never replace or undermine the ...

The government has downgraded the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) to a department at the Ministry of International Relations and Trade.